regardless of your personal opinion, you're taking it a little too far there Jeff.
DF's a nice guy, the site is a hobbyist site/fan site, so its not like HF no, and there are borderline UFO sighting ideas sometimes yes, but that is part of its charm for those who do venture there. You can puke when you get off your high horse, if that works better for you.
There is absolutely no need to lower someone who you don't know to a "tripe" and you feel like "puking" when thinking about.
Stay classy. He's a nice guy.
On topic of the board, in the near future no, the maritimes is not likely capable of maintaining an NHL franchise for various aforementioned reasons....
but to those (even those living in the maritimes) who are saying "never ever"; I don't think you can say "never ever".
One day I'm sure they could sustain a team. Halifax is a pretty quickly growing city, and give it several decades, it might start transforming into the East Coast hub for all things finances. I know Halfiax has more Canadian bank presence than Winnipeg on the office tower level (corporate hubs; not on the financial prowess level), and Winnipeg was once the hub for banks in Western Canada for decades.
But things can change. In the 1920's you would "never ever" have assumed Edmonton & Calgary could support professional sports teams, but alas here they are today.
Halifax might not get NHL in our life times, but never ever is just as unlikely to happen as in a few years